| Welcome to 2009! We have quite a
bit of catching up to do here at the MiceChat Round up. Three
weeks of year end topics and highlights from the tail end of 2008
await your participation and perusal. - Fishbulb
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Funeral
services set for celebration of Tom Chaney's life
The MiceChat community mourns the loss of beloved member Tom
Chaney. A celebration of Tom Chaney's life
will be held at Forest Lawn-Glendale on Saturday, January 10th,
2009 at 1:30 pm. The service will be held at the 'Wee Kirk o'
the Heather Chapel' to be followed by interment at the 'Court
of Freedom.' Thanks to Circarama for the info.
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This week we have some of our first sightings of the
2009 Celebration promotions ~ Aladdin
First Signs of '09 Promotion Have Appeared!
Sir Didymus is the first to report back, with
pictures of banners announcing the 2009 Celebration Promotion
- look here!
Chicago
Gal, Barbaraann Left Speechless After Four Days With MiceChatters.
Barbaraann brings us the highlights of her
trip to Disneyland, this past week! Look here!
The Disneyland Photoshop Competition-Round 2
Nautilus has started some Photoshop Competitions
based on Disneyland Photos. Catch the most recent competition
in this topic, and keep your eyes open for future competitions
to compete in, right from your own keyboard!
A short and sweet TR!
SorcererMickey celebrates her birthday at Disneyland
with a few characters!
Christmas
Parade & It's a Small World Pics
Just in time for Christmas, Donald1980 has
some Beautiful Christmas Parade Pictures! Be sure to see these
photos!
My
California Trip Report (Disneyland Resort Recap Now Posted)
11/30-12/6
Teknik and his wife have reports from Disneyland,
DCA, Universal Studios, and Knott's Merry Farm, to experience
all the Christmas Celebrations. Take a look here!
12/11-14
Whoa! It's Another Christmas Trip: A Kuzcochik Trip Report
Kuzcochik celebrates Christmas at Disneyland,
Saves the Muppets, teases Peter Pan, and even has time to visit
some maniacs in the Warner Brothers Water Tower . . . catch
her and Darkwing Chuck's latest escapades here!
New
Year's Eve 2009 Video, and Photos!
PeoplemoverMatt has a great spot in front of
the Castle on New Year's Ever, complete with video of the Countdown
to 2009!
My
California Trip Report (Disneyland Resort Recap Now Posted)
11/30-12/6
Teknik and his wife have reports from Disneyland,
DCA, Universal Studios, and Knott's Merry Farm, to experience
all the Christmas Celebrations. Take a look here!
[12-27,
12-31] HighLeveller Has a Big DL New-Year's Adventure - 2 TRs!
HighLeveller reports back from Disneyland just
before New Year's Eve!
Foggy
NYE at Disneyland Resort
The lovely and vivacious Villains Fan has photos
from New Year's Eve here!
Happy New Year, MiceChatters! Here's hoping
the start of 2009 is finding you happy and healthy! Lots of neat
ideas being tossed around during the holidays, guys… and keep themcoming because you just might see them here for the next Roundup!
- Demigod
CA
Screamin Idea
From Dlandclub33 comes a very detailed idea
for re-themeing California Screamin'.
Dedicated
Haunted Mansion Store
Darkfairycthulu wonders why there isn't one of
these yet, and has some ideas on what it would look like.
The Alternative!
MiceChat member Sir.Mouse proposes an alternative
to the current Disneyland water show, Fantasmic!
Disney
and Las Vegas - Would it work?
DCAfanatic wonders if this interesting combination
would work for a theme park.
Carthay Theater DCA
New MiceChat member timwla thinks that there
should be something playing all the time in this theater…
Princess Gardens
MTdizzle94 has an idea for a significant change
to the Princess Fantasy Faire.
Tomorrowland
Rehab
MiceChat minion Alpoe001 posts some interesting
ideas for a new Tomorrowland.
As Holiday Season recedes into the mists of memory,
we have several really nice photo reports to capture the magic
at Walt Disney World. Also, some idle speculation on what attractions
we wouldn't mind seeing in (in the past tense). ~ PEZZ
FreakOuter's
WDW Photo Report [PHOTO HEAVY]
FreakOuter was at WDW for Christmas and New
Year's Eve and brings us this stunning collection of images
from around the Parks. From Animal Kingdom to fireworks, this
photography is some of the best and most beautiful you will
find here. And the elephant photo does look pretty heavy...
Christmas
in WDW
Chim chim che-ree! Master Speedway hops across
the pond from Jolly Olde for a fortnight of fun and frolic!
No bangers and mash here, but only the most blinding goods.
Oi!
Dhs
01/03!
Braving the crowds and patient glances from his family, Coastierox
plunges headlong into a comic-inspired adventure that you won't
want to miss!
Epcot
- 01/03/08 - Oranges, A Missing Boat and Beautiful Weather!
Meanwhile... The lovely SummerInFL and her
daughter take in a day at Epcot, where citrus and missing water
transportation seem to dominate the day. Travel around the world
in a day with this delightful duo!
Which
attraction[s] at MK would you not mind seeing gone?
Clj2 spends his New Years Day speculating on
what attractions at the Magic Kingdom have lost their magic...
or attraction? There's nothing that gets MiceChatters chatting
like improvement ideas. Join in!
Hello again everyone! Hope your holiday season was
super fantastic just like mine. There is a lot to get to this
week and let's just jump right in and see what is going on. ~elly
Grinchmas
at Universal Studios Hollywood!
WheresMickey brings us some lovely photos from
a trip to Universal Studios Hollywood during this years Grinchmas
festivities. It makes me want to visit during the holidays next
year.
A
new non-Disney ELECTRICAL PARADE coming soon...
Looking for that Main Street Electrical Parade outside of a
Disney park? Have no fear, TDLFAN brings us
links to a new extravaganza that's due to debut at Universal
Studios Japan in March of this year.
HUGE
Ca. Train Museum TR! (LOTS of pics!)
All you MiceChat train enthusiasts won't want to miss PinBrian's
just astounding trip report from the Sacramento, California
train museum. Tons and tons of fantastic photos.
Snow
Day at Mormon Rocks CA.
techskip took the family up to Mormon Rocks,
California to partake in the snowy environments and shares his
frosty photos with us all in this wintry trip report.
Star
Trek: The Experience coming back?
I don't know about you, but I love rumors and Athlonacon
brings us a whopper of a rumor about the ill-fated Star Trek:
The Experience attraction in Las Vegas. Want to know more? Do
you know more? Take a peek at this thread and let us know!
Universal
CityWalk
JerrodDRagon took a nighttime trip to Universal
Studios Hollywood to partake in their Citywalk. Take a peek
at his neon-filled trip report.
Amazing
Deal for USH
Looking to take an extended trip to Universal Studios Hollywood?
crazycoasterider has the scoop on a great deal at Costco.
For
all the EPCOT buffs!
FutureProbeMe brings us information on a European
alternative to Walt Disney World's EPCOT. Check out his thread
for the skinny on Futuroscope.
SeaWorld
Hospitality Centers' end free samples
Free beer sampling is soon to be a thing of the past at Sea
World in Florida according to this post brought to us by GapToothed
and the letter Q.
Happy New Year, MiceChatters! I hope you all enjoyed
your holidays and got just what you wanted out of the deal. Let's
see what's been happening in the Main Lounge. ~ disneyballerina
What
Will You Celebrate?
Aladdin comes up with the very nice idea of
combining Disney's latest advertising campaign with celebrating
MiceChat birthdays by recognizing them daily in this thread.
Did
you get a Wonderpup in the mail?
aimster's little friend seems to be making
headway with his nefarious plan for world domination! The plot
thickens...
Ways
To Make Time 'Fly' On Airplanes?
PretzelSouls was a little nervous before her
cross country plane ride and asked her fellow Chatters for some
suggestions about passing the time in flight. Since then, checking
in from the internet cafe aboard her cruise ship, she lets us
know that the advice helped!
Do
you gawk at car wrecks? Honestly?
sunnygirl owns up to the slightly morbid practice
of rubbernecking at car wrecks and wonders if you do the same...
Congrats
Disneyphenom & Horse_bunny
The birth of a 'new little Disney geek' is something to celebrate!
Kuzcochik announces that her best friend has
welcomed a new addition for the new year.
Disneyland
related tattoo element
Mojave is contemplating ideas for a Disney
related tattoo and receives some creative recommendations here!
What
did Santa bring you?
krystledm admits to being spoiled at Christmastime,
are you? MiceChatters seem to be a well loved bunch of people,
and from the responses in this thread, have been showered with
love and gifts this season.
While many of us were on vacation during the past
two or three weeks, our MiceAge writers and photographers were
hard at work keeping us up to date. If you missed any of these
great articles and subsequent discussions found below, be sure
to check them out this week. - Mac Daddy
12/30:
Kevin Yee - WDW Compendium
Kevin Yee gives a run down on many of the issues
currently facing WDW as well as some great photos of the park.
Discuss it here.
1/2:
Werner Weiss - Neverending Dreams
The "year" began October 1, 2006. Now, 27 months later,
the "year" is finally over. In this article, relive
the "Year of a Million Dreams."
1/2:
David Michael - In The Parks
'What will you celebrate?' has arrived - News, Photos and Info
from around SoCal.
1/3:
Weekend Update
We're taking one last look at holiday decorations before most
of us head back to school and work on Monday. The Universal
Studios parks were decked out in grand style and we have photos
from Hollywood and Osaka. After that, we hop over to Florida
and check out some of the holiday activities and decorations
at the Walt Disney World Resort. Some vintage postcard images
round out our Weekend Update offering this week.
1/5:
Andy Castro - Dateline Disneyland
New Year's Eve 2009, DCA progress, bakery construction, more
merchandise, +MORE!
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The MiceEars Crew and MiceChat News Club put
a lot of time and effort into making these Round-Ups happen. Here
are the members:
Your Editors: hollywood1939, Dustysage, Fishbulb
The MiceEars Crew: Demigod, DisneyBallernia,
Aladdin, elly, Mac Daddy , pezz lightyear, Tinkermonkey, Armadillo4
and pineapplewhipaddict.
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